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Is Kashi’s History Being Bulldozed for Development?
By Harshita Rai
Kashi is not just India’s oldest city. It is one of humanity’s oldest living civilisations — a sacred geography where time does not move in decades but in millennia. Every ghat, every stone, every ritual breathes memory.…
Modi’s Silence Is Strategic, Not Weak
By Harshita Rai
Critics seem unable to decide how to label Prime Minister Narendra Modi. One day he is called “fearful.” The next, he is branded “arrogant.” Soon after comes the familiar chorus — why is Modi silent, and why does he not…
Travelogue | Lakshadweep: Heaven in the Arabian Sea
By Pankaj Choudhary, IPS
During a ten-day LTC tour approved by the state government, I had the opportunity to experience Lakshadweep closely with my family. The journey included visits to Kavaratti, the capital of Lakshadweep, Minicoy —…
Is New York Losing Its Moral Compass?
By Subodh Mishra
A question now demands an honest answer: how did New York City—a city that endured the most devastating terrorist attack in modern history during the September 11 attacks—choose as its mayor a leader whose political…
Venezuela’s People: The Real Victims of a Broken Democracy
By Subodh Mishra
I have personally experienced, firsthand, how cruel and destructive the regimes of Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez were. Chávez, after all, went so far as to elevate his personal driver as his political…
It Seems NY forgot his curse of 9/11
By Subodh Mishra
A question now demands an honest answer: how did New York City—a city that endured the most devastating terrorist attack in modern history during the September 11 attacks—choose as its mayor a leader whose political…
Letters, Lobbies and the Line Foreign Leaders Shouldn’t Cross
By Poonam Sharma
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly objected to what it describes as external interference in India’s internal affairs following a handwritten note sent by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to jailed activist…
Modi Era Milestones — India’s Ascent to Economic Prominence
By Harshita Rai
In an era marked by global slowdowns and geopolitical uncertainties, India’s rise to become the world’s fourth-largest economy stands as a defining achievement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance and economic…
Redefining Outcome-Based Education in the NEP 2020 Context: A Needonomics Perspective
Rohtak, December 29, 2025- Prof. Madan Mohan Goel, Propounder Needonomics School of Thought, former Vice-Chancellor, and superannuated Professor of Kurukshetra University, delivered a lecture on “Redefining Educational Outcomes: A…
Bangladesh’s Election Math Changes With Tarique Rahman Back in Dhaka
By Poonam Sharma
After seventeen years in self-imposed exile, Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), returned to Dhaka on Thursday, December 25, 2025. His arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International…